Lauren’s Reviews > Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture > Status Update

“...And we even get to guzzle sweet drinks and harmless looking tabs we hope might make us feel better, or dance faster, or look prettier, or just forget. We get to want something to come easy for a change. We get to make every choice on that daily life scale from forward thinking to utter self sabotage. And we still don’t deserve to be raped.”

“Yes, I did some stupid things. We all do. But now I know we’re allowed to be kids who mask our gut deep insecurities with vanity. We get to wear crop tops and tight jeans with a ribbon of lace for a belt and high-heeled boots. We get to check ourselves ten times in the dorm room mirror, necks craning to see how fat our skinny little asses look from the back...”